March 11, 2009 Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense SpaceWar Advertising Kit
Analysis: The Afghan conundrum
Washington (UPI) Mar 9, 2009
President Barack Obama told The New York Times, in an interview published Sunday, that he is willing to talk to the moderate elements of the Taliban in order to reach a negotiated end to the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, now in its eighth year and showing no end in sight. A question that was put to this correspondent Sunday in a television interview by a reporter following Obama's st ... read more

'Reckless' Chinese ships harassed Navy vessel: US
Washington (AFP) March 9, 2009
Five Chinese vessels maneuvered dangerously close to a US Navy ship in the South China Sea on Sunday, closing within 25 feet of the unarmed surveillance ship, the Pentagon said. "This was a reckless, dangerous maneuver that was unprofessional" and violated international law, Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters on Monday. The United States protested to Chinese author ... more

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Sadrist MP demands immediate US troop pullout
Baghdad (AFP) March 9, 2009
A senior MP from radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's party on Monday called for the immediate withdrawal of US troops, a day after plans for a major drawdown was announced. Iraq and the United States said on Sunday that 12,000 US troops will go home by the end of September in a first step toward completing a withdrawal by 2011 under an accord signed between Baghdad and Washington last ... more

Commentary: Quo vadis America?
Washington (UPI) Mar 9, 2009
CNN is watched the world over, and fear and worst-case scenarios are contagious. Fareed Zakaria's Sunday talk show "GPS" was doom and gloom on a global scale. Globalization is in retreat; capital flows are shrinking; a massive financial crisis, the likes of which have not been seen since the 1930s, is on its way; Asian exports are down 30 percent to 40 percent; Eastern European states, the for ... more

CACI Awarded Contract To Support US Army FLIR Systems
Arlington VA (SPX) Mar 10, 2009
CACI International has announced that it has been awarded a new task order, totaling an estimated $40 million in value, under the U.S. Army's Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) contract vehicle. The contract, for one base year and two option years, supports the Army's Product Manager Forward Looking Infrared (PM FLIR) and Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD). The award inc ... more

Britain grounding Nimrods for modifications after Afghan crash
London (AFP) March 9, 2009
Britain is to temporarily withdraw Nimrod spy planes from overseas operations to carry out safety modifications ordered after a deadly crash in Afghanistan, a government minister said Monday. Fourteen servicemen were killed in the 2006 crash, when their Nimrod exploded in mid-air shortly after refueling, in the British military's single biggest loss of life in a single incident for nearly 25 ... more

 

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    Italy challenges EU over key climate tool
    Rome (AFP) Mar 6, 2026
    Italy is once again challenging the EU's green transition, pushing for an overhaul of the bloc's carbon trading scheme and changing the way the tool operates to try to cut electricity bills. ... more
    Swiss vote down proposal for massive 'climate fund'
    Geneva (AFP) Mar 8, 2026
    Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposal to create a multibillion-dollar climate fund aimed at combating global warming and its consequences, voting against it by a large margin. ... more
    AI giants promise Trump to pay for increased energy needs
    New York (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
    Seven US tech giants at the forefront of artificial intelligence committed Wednesday to offset the costs of their increased electricity needs through investments in energy infrastructure. ... more

    TECH SPACE
    CesiumAstro buys Vidrovr to embed AI across satellite communications
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    CesiumAstro has acquired Vidrovr in a move to integrate artificial intelligence directly into its space communications systems, payloads, and satellite platforms, extending AI-driven analytics and r ... more
    Behind Space Innovation The Growing Role of Outsourcing Services
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    Explore the reasons outsourcing has become the norm in space innovation. Discover how it helps teams reduce turnaround times, lower costs and improve results within a short time. ... more
    After oil, US moves to secure access to Venezuelan minerals
    Caracas (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
    US mining companies are lining up to invest in Venezuela, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said during a visit to Caracas on Wednesday as he pushed for greater access to critical minerals. ... more

    ROBO SPACE
    Left, right and faithful unite to demand human control over AI
    Washington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
    A coalition spanning US conservative figure Steve Bannon, progressives, labor unions and faith groups announced Wednesday a joint declaration of principles on artificial intelligence, framing the effort as a pushback against what they called Silicon Valley's reckless deployment of AI. ... more
    Europe should focus on industrial AI, SAP says
    Walldorf, Germany (AFP) Mar 4, 2026
    Europe should focus on competing in industrial AI, a top executive at German software giant SAP said, as the continent plays catch-up in the race for the cutting-edge technology against the United States and China. ... more
    Questions over AI capability as tech guides Iran strikes
    Paris, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026
    The latest bout of fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen AI deployed as never before to sift intelligence and select targets, although the technology's use in war remains hotly debated. ... more

     
    US vice president to discuss Afghanistan with NATO allies
    Washington (AFP) March 9, 2009
    US Vice President Joe Biden heads to Brussels on Monday for consultations with NATO allies as a moment of decision looms on a new US strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Biden, who holds a day of talks in Brussels Tuesday, will be on his second trip to Europe in a month, and officials said his high-profile journey was a sign of how seriously the war policy review was being taken. ... more

    BAE Receives First Direct Contract For Tensylon Armor Panels
    Cincinnati OH (SPX) Mar 10, 2009
    BAE Systems has received a contract from the U.S. Army to supply Tensylon composite armor panels for the Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) vehicles. HET vehicles transport, deploy, recover and evacuate combat-loaded main battle tanks and other heavy tracked and wheeled vehicles to and from the battlefield. Tensylon is a state-of-the-art material developed exclusively by BAE Systems t ... more

    US wants Canadian minister to head NATO: report
    Ottawa (AFP) March 9, 2009
    Canada's Defense Minister Peter MacKay expressed surprise Monday that the United States would reportedly promote him to European allies to become the next NATO chief. "That's breaking news to me," MacKay told a press conference. "I've never had discussions with (US) Vice President (Joe) Biden about this." Biden, according to The Washington Post newspaper, is to press European allies in ... more

    NKorea rhetoric a threat, not US-SKorea wargames: US
    Washington (AFP) March 9, 2009
    The United States said Monday that northeast Asia is threatened by North Korea's "bellicose rhetoric" rather by than the annual US-South Korean military maneuvers. The exercises "are not a threat to the North," acting State Department spokesman Robert Wood said when asked if Washington might be misreading Pyongyang. "What is a threat to the region is this bellicose rhetoric coming out of ... more

     

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